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All you need to know: World Bank-IMF spring meetings 2013

News|Bretton Woods Project|22 April 2013|url

The 2013 spring meetings of the World Bank and IMF will take place from 18 to 20 April in Washington, DC. You will be able find links below to analysis of the communiqués as well as notes of some of the civil society and official meetings, as they become available. read article...

Social accountability compromised?

News|Bretton Woods Project|9 April 2013|update 85|url

The World Bank's controversial Global Partnership for Social Accountability, a new mechanism for the Bank to provide financing directly to civil society organisations, opened its first call for proposals from mid February to mid March. read article...

Dr Kim, where is Mongolia's economic diversification?

Comment|Sukhgerel Dugersuren|8 April 2013|update 85|url

In late February the World Bank's private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) boards decided to spearhead a $4 billion dollar syndicated loan to a copper, gold and silver mine located in the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. An increasing number of people believe that it is going to lead Mongolia to dependence on one product and one corporation, driving the country into deep insecurity. read article...

French police raid Lagarde home

News|Bretton Woods Project|3 April 2013|update 85|url

French police searched the Paris apartment of IMF managing director Christine Lagarde in late March as part of an investigation over the way Lagarde, as French minister of finance, handled the compensation settlement of French millionaire Bernard Tapie. read article...

Pakistani PM's son-in-law new World Bank ED

News|Bretton Woods Project|13 February 2013|update 84|url

The Pakistani prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf controversially appointed his son-in-law Raja Azeemul Haq as World Bank executive director (ED) in December replacing current ED Javed Talat whose term had expired. read article...

World Bank's safeguards review extended

News|Bretton Woods Project|12 February 2013|update 84|url

The first phase of the Bank's safeguard review has been extended to mid-April with global consultations planned, including on seven emerging areas. read article...

Fund censures Argentina over inflation figures

News|Bretton Woods Project|12 February 2013|update 84|url

The executive board of the IMF met in early February to assess Argentina's progress in addressing the quality of its statistical data on inflation and GDP. read article...

Hastily introduced World Bank projects threaten to undermine peace process in Burma

Comment|Khin Ohmar|22 January 2013|update 84|url

In late 2012 the World Bank announced its first lending to Burma in over 20 years. The concern among many grassroots activists, however, is that the areas to which this money will be funnelled are still in the earliest stages of the peace process, and that huge influxes of money will undermine efforts for sustainable peace. read article...

IMF-Zimbabwe relations tentatively resume

News|Bretton Woods Project|6 December 2012|update 83|url

In September the IMF executive board praised Zimbabwe's efforts to repay its debts to the Fund and relaxed restrictions on technical assistance. read article...

World Bank-IMF annual meetings 2012

News|Bretton Woods Project|16 October 2012|url

Analysis, news, and about the events inside and around the World Bank/IMF annual meetings 2012. This page is being updated regularly. read article...

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